Metta Victoria Fuller Victor (nom de plume Seeley Regester) (March 2, 1831–June 26, 1885) is credited with authoring of one of the first detective novels in the United States. She wrote over 100 dime novels, pioneering the field.[1] Her husband was publishing pioneer Orville James Victor; her sister was novelist, feminist, and historian of the Pacific Northwest Frances Fuller Victor. She died of cancer on June 26, 1885, in Hohokus, New Jersey, and was buried there in Valleau Cemetery.[1]
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